Sunday, June 21, 2009

Campagna, Italy


Location of Campagna in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Mayor Biagio Luongo


Elevation 410 m (1,345 ft)
Area 135 km² (52.1 sq mi)
Population
- Total 15,518
- Density 115/km² (298/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 40°40′0″N 15°6′0″E / 40.66667°N 15.1°E / 40.66667; 15.1
Gentilic Campagnesi
Dialing code 0828
Postal code 84022
Frazioni Camaldoli, Galdo, Mattinelle, Puglietta, Quadrivio, Romandola-Madonna del Ponte, Santa Maria La Nova, Serradarce.
Patron Sant'Antonino abate
- Day 14 February
Website: http://www.comune.campagna.sa.it/

Campagna is a small town and comune of the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Southern Italy.

The town, located in a mountainous district, gradually lost importance in the 20th century. All its district offices have been moved to other cities since the 1930s, and the Diocese of Campagna merged with the Archdiocese of Salerno in 1973.

During World War II, Campagna was the site of an internment camp. The Bishop Giuseppe Maria Palatucci turned the camp into a shelter for Italian and foreign Jews, many of them sent there for protection by his nephew Giovanni Palatucci; Giovanni was later honored as a Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.

Panorama of Campagna

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